Sept. 24, 2018 — With the amendment to fund the implementation of mandatory drug prices in consumer advertising stripped out of the spending bill to which it had been attached, the question of whether or how quickly this drug pricing mandate will move forward remains unclear. The amendment, from Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Charles […]
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Sept. 10, 2018 – Movement toward mandating that drug companies include product prices in consumer-directed ads continues this fall as Congress and the Trump administration push for greater transparency in drug pricing. On Aug. 23, the Senate voted to include an amendment sponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to a spending […]
Read more July 13, 2018 – On the “no news is good news” front, the House Appropriations Committee voted this week on next year’s funding level for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) without taking up an amendment to give HHS and FDA explicit authority to mandate drug list prices in consumer advertising. “What […]
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